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Your Holiday Letter After A Few Glasses of Eggnog -
Deirdre Reilly (384)     Deirdre Reilly  Do you receive holiday letters from friends and family, designed to update you on the family’s activites and interests and generally “keep you in the loop"? I like these letters myself – so few people sit down to write anything personal anymore – but have you ever wondered what would happen if... ( added 1 year 263 days ago.) |
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Cancer For Christmas: Five Ways To Make Christmas Enjoyable For Loved Ones Enduring Chemotherapy -
Constance Weygandt (172)  Recently I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Even though I have known cancer survivors and there is tons of literature on surviving cancer, I have discovered there are still a few surprises. My friends and family have been a wonderful support. Here are five ways that I have discovered, along... ( added 1 year 264 days ago.) |
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Keeping Christ in Christmas -
Avis Ward (8,576)    Avis Ward   "There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock. Behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news... ( added 1 year 264 days ago.) |
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A Man’s Guide on What Not to Buy This Christmas Season -
Danny Davids (13,195)   Danny Davids The Christmas shopping season is in full swing. I know, because I’ve had to venture out multiple times in my attempt to purchase the most special of gifts for all those on my Christmas list. Okay - so I’ve been out only once. But it wasn’t fun. I spent several hours sitting in streets that had... ( added 1 year 265 days ago.) |
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Activities for Kids and Parents To Do on Christmas Eve and the Week before Christmas -
Lorrie Davids (5,217)  Lorrie Davids Once again, Christmas seems to be approaching at the speed of light for everyone but the kids. To them it seems like it will never get here. If you are looking for something to fill the time or even a new family tradition, I hope you will find this article useful. Track Santa and his reindeer... ( added 1 year 266 days ago.) |
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How I Came Out of the Scrooge Syndrome -
Francine Larson (1,113)   Francine Larson Let's take a break from shopping, baking, decorating and all those holiday things we are expected to do and just breathe. That's right, in the middle of all our bustling, let's allow ourselves to truly experience the peace and love that Christmas is supposed to give us. After all, if we are tired... ( added 1 year 266 days ago.) |
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Have We Adults Forgotten the True Meaning of Christmas? -
Katrina Williams (312) Every Christmas, I debate over what to get my niece, Ayana. I say this because Ayana is a girl who has been given almost anything she asks for every Christmas. At three years old, her parents bought her a Jeep Barbie. At four they bought her a 25-inch color television. At five they got her a... ( added 1 year 266 days ago.) |
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The Advent of Christmas Epiphanies -
Mary Fagan (590)  Mary Fagan Children aren’t the only ones to experience Christmas joys. Parents too celebrate the season when our children do or say things to show they understand the true spirit of Christmas. These epiphanies may need some prompting, like a greenhouse flower forced to open in the dead of winter or a... ( added 1 year 267 days ago.) |
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A Cardboard Box for a Home -
Mike Fak (3,517)  Mike Fak The December winds blew hard and cold at the farm on top of the hill. The two kittens huddled against each other by the back door of the farmhouse. They were trying to catch a little of the heat escaping from the bottom of the door before it was mixed and lost forever with the cold. It was under... ( added 1 year 267 days ago.) |
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The Christmas Spirit Is a Time of Love, Sharing and Giving, But Sadly Only For a Short While. -
 - Robert Melaccio, Sr. (4,435)  Robert Melaccio, Sr. Is it not sad that at this special time of year when everyone’s thoughts turn toward loved ones, family and friends that it only lasts a short while? We have also seemed to lose the true sprit and meaning of the date because we have been in my opinion brainwashed that we must buy, buy, buy to be... ( added 1 year 269 days ago.) |
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The Meaning of Christmas... gifts, garlands or greatness? -
Heather Maloney (0) At this time of year, people's opinions on the meaning of Christmas abound. There's always those who espouse that what it means to them is a great time of family get together; of taking time to appreciate all that your family means to you. The family gets together and exchanges a sumptuous... ( added 1 year 269 days ago.) |
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Aunt Vida's Wonderful Chocolate Pie! -
- Bob Alexander (1,235)  Bob Alexander Christmas' past, growing up in Northern Alabama, I remember that the holiday season was always the most joyous time of the year, made all the more sweeter by cookies, cakes and pies baked by my mother and her younger sister, Vida. The world around us, wrapped in glowing lights and tinsel... ( added 1 year 270 days ago.) |
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Christmas Activities for the Toddler and Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (13,650)  Stephany Springer Christmas is that one great holiday designed to peak every sense. The sights, smells, sounds, etc. still fascinate me as an adult. Imagine Christmas from a child’s perspective. Everything is so new, suspenseful, thrilling—the way it should be. As a teacher, or parent for that matter, success is... ( added 1 year 278 days ago.) |
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12 Days of Making Christmas Meaningful -
Avis Ward (8,576) Avis Ward Our parents became ill over the Thanksgiving holiday and died before Christmas. Their deaths were years apart with mother going on to heaven before daddy. It can be a sad time of year if we chose to think of our losses instead of what we gained by having them as our parents. Besides, they were... ( added 1 year 279 days ago.) |
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An Arkansas Christmas----Christmas and Other Things -
Sandra E. Graham (1,879)  Sandra E. Graham Christmas can mean different things to different people, but I guess everyone would agree on one thing---it’s a time for giving, a time for remembering, and a time for loving. Christmas is a time to remember the children and the one child in whose memory that we all choose to celebrate this... ( added 1 year 281 days ago.) |
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First Christmas Away from Home -
- David Tanguay (5,793)  David Tanguay I n June of 1967, I enlisted in the Marine Corps. After 9 weeks of boot camp at Paris Island South Carolina, I graduated from platoon 394 . From there I went to Camp Lejune North Carolina for infantry training. Then home for a 30-day leave before heading out knowing it would be at least a year... ( added 1 year 282 days ago.) |
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How to Make Your Christmas Preparations Easier and Less Stressful -
Lorrie Davids (5,217) Lorrie Davids In just a couple days we will flip the calender page over to December. The time has gone by so quickly and all the things you vowed would be done by now...aren't. Is there a way to plan the rest of the season that will make it all go a little more smoothly? I think so. In fact, utilizing just one... ( added 1 year 282 days ago.) |
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Praise Comes with Thanksgiving -
Avis Ward (8,576) Avis Ward When you were asked to give the single most important reason you have for being thankful, what was it? Where did you begin? Did you begin with the cross and end with His resurrection? Was it for your salvation and gift of eternal life? Did you begin there or did you begin elsewhere? Did your... ( added 1 year 283 days ago.) |
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Homemade Gift Ideas Designed To Show You Care This Christmas -
Stephany Springer (13,650) Stephany Springer We all have that special gift that stood out in our minds. It is always the one where a loved one took the time and gave something personal. For me, it probably is the bookmark from my son when he was two with a poem, “Why I love my Mommy" that my husband helped create. In a time when so many... ( added 1 year 287 days ago.) |
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Teacher Gift Ideas-How to Score An A-Plus This Christmas -
Stephany Springer (13,650) Stephany Springer Let’s face it—we all are guilty of it. We wait to the last minute or in this case the night before Christmas break to remember to buy a gift for our child’s teacher. You rush into the hectic stores only to grab the sappy “Thank God for Teachers" coffee mug filled with crappy candy marketed to... ( added 1 year 287 days ago.) |
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A Few of the Many Reasons Why Christmas Is Necessary -
- David Tanguay (5,793) David Tanguay “ T hese are a few, of the many reasons, why, I prepare, live the established traditions, and recall, the very special moments, of a very special day.” C hristmas Day is the reason, why tiny tots, find it hard to sleep, on Christmas Eve. I t’s finding joy, in spending your hard-earned... ( added 1 year 288 days ago.) |
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Euphorbia | Christmas flower | Poinsettias -
Angheliu Alexandru (52) The length of time your poinsettia will give youpleasure in your home is dependent on the maturity of the plant, whenyou buy it, and how you treat the plant. With care, poinsettias shouldretain their beauty for weeks and some varieties will stay attractivefor months. But you have to now first... ( added 1 year 291 days ago.) |
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Host a Santa Letter-Writing Party -
J Gardener (87) So, it's that time of year, again. Your son is being bombarded with thousands of commercials, touting all the "must-have" toys and kid-gadgets available this Christmas. He's at the age now, when he pays attention, and of course, he wants everything he sees. And he's obsessed with getting the word... ( added 1 year 292 days ago.) |
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Thanksgiving - the True Meaning of the Holiday! -
- Robert Melaccio, Sr. (4,435) Robert Melaccio, Sr. Sadly the holiday has become the kickoff for the big game Christmas. You know that birthday we all celebrate but can’t speak about because it may offend people. Well aside from atheists and other faiths who get the day off regardless and could care less about this article we should all get back... ( added 1 year 292 days ago.) |
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A Little Bit of Christmas Trivia -
J Gardener (87) He wants to know everything about everything, this five-year-old genius of yours. And he expects you to have the answers, right now. After all, he figures, you're so old, you must know just about all there is to know, right? So he's going to pester you, this holiday season, with questions... ( added 1 year 296 days ago.) |
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